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Updated 2024-11-21 14:45
These monthly rental bikes are everywhere in Amsterdam
by
Tom Fucoloro
on (#6AEA5)
My kid loves to count the bikes with blue front tires here in Amsterdam. And they really are everywhere. At first I thought it was some kind of style trend, but then I noticed they were all the same brand: … Continue reading →
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Alert 3/31-4/3: 520 Bridge Trail closed over the weekend
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Tom Fucoloro
on (#6AATS)
From WSDOT: CLOSURES 3/31-4/3 WB 520 off-ramp to Montlake Blvd will close from 8 p.m. on Friday to 5 a.m. on Monday. WB 520 off-ramp to Lake Washington Blvd will close from 6 p.m. on Friday to 5 a.m. on … Continue reading →
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On vacation in Amsterdam
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Tom Fucoloro
on (#6A95P)
Greetings from the lower countries! We took our five-year-old on her first trip out of the country for a somewhat spontaneous family vacation to Amsterdam. We spotted a surprisingly cheap flight a couple months ago and bought the tickets on … Continue reading →
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Work to connect the Duwamish Trail to the Spokane Street Bridge will start in early April
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Tom Fucoloro
on (#6A5BG)
The Duwamish Trail will finally connect to the Spokane Street Bridge in May, SDOT told area stakeholders. Work will begin in early April and, weather permitting, should be be completed in just a couple weeks. The permanent trail connection will … Continue reading →
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WA Bikes: Here come the state budget proposals
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Tom Fucoloro
on (#6A2WS)
For those who have never paid attention to a Washington State legislative session before, we are about to enter the next distinct phase of the session: The budget. The early months of the session are mostly focused on general policy … Continue reading →
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Some thoughts on the Chinatown-International District Station planning debate
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Tom Fucoloro
on (#6A1WY)
Seattle Bike Blog is not where people usually go to read about light rail station placement debates. But as a Seattle resident who cheers for both an affordable and thriving International District as well as the best transit service we … Continue reading →
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Commute Seattle survey: Driving, transit and walking down, biking unchanged, and remote work way up
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Tom Fucoloro
on (#69XW9)
Commute Seattle dramatically expanded its annual analysis of work trip survey data, finding a wealth of interesting data about how the city’s commute patterns have changed since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The biggest change by far is that … Continue reading →
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Watch: Take a history tour of North Beacon Hill by bike
by
Tom Fucoloro
on (#69VAR)
Bob Svercl’s latest video is a bike ride around North Beacon Hill focused on some history highlights of the area. He even included a route map if you are inspired to ride to the featured areas yourself. This is the … Continue reading →
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Renton starts work on short section of Rainier Avenue trail + Seattle should prepare a connection
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Tom Fucoloro
on (#69T8W)
There’s a very interesting piece buried deep within a major roadway rebuild project on Rainier Avenue in Renton: 1,000 feet of trail on the east side of the street that will someday be part of the Lake Washington Loop connecting … Continue reading →
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CM Strauss asks mayor to study Market and Leary for Missing Link
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Tom Fucoloro
on (#69P7T)
Councilmember Dan Strauss sent a letter (PDF) to Mayor Bruce Harrell asking him to shift SDOT’s Missing Link efforts to focus on designing and building a Burke-Gilman Trail connection on Market Street and Leary Way in Ballard. “I see a … Continue reading →
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Trails near Judkins Park Station will get lights
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Tom Fucoloro
on (#69N0E)
Trail connections to the under-construction Judkins Park light rail station will get lighting as the city and Sound Transit work to improve station access conditions before it opens in … uh … well, at some point. Judkins Park Station is … Continue reading →
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WA Bikes: Driver’s license review bill ‘very likely’ + More legislature updates
by
Tom Fucoloro
on (#69KP6)
We are well into the phase of the legislative session where it becomes really difficult to keep track of which bills are moving, which ones are stalled, which have been amended to be better, which have been amended to be … Continue reading →
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No, the city is NOT cutting down cherry trees to build a bike project
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Tom Fucoloro
on (#69JA8)
Contrary to what you may have read on Twitter or saw written on yellow signs on trees on Pike Street near the market, Seattle’s decision to cut down cherry trees on the block between 1st and 2nd Avenues has nothing … Continue reading →
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King County study finds helmet use unchanged after law repeal
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Tom Fucoloro
on (#69H6N)
One year ago, the King County Board of Health voted 11–2 to repeal the county’s rare all-ages bicycle helmet law. One of the arguments in favor of repeal was that the law was not a top reason that most people … Continue reading →
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Greenways and Cascade seek more specifics in plan to get Vision Zero back on track
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Tom Fucoloro
on (#69D8H)
SDOT is set to present their “top to bottom review” of the Vision Zero program to the City Council Transportation Committee March 7, and safe streets advocates are pushing for more specifics and hard deadlines to “light a fire under … Continue reading →
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WA Bikes: Turn on red bill is dead, license reexamination bill moving forward + more legislature updates
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Tom Fucoloro
on (#69C31)
Washington State bills banning turns on red near many key locations statewide are officially dead after neither the Senate nor the House failed to move them forward before a session deadline. This is how many bills die every year, essentially … Continue reading →
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Saturday: R+E Cycles celebrates 50 years in the U District
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Tom Fucoloro
on (#69AMR)
R+E Cycles is turning 50 years old, and the storied bike shop and frame builders behind the Rodriguez and Erickson custom bikes will be celebrating by hosting the return of the free Bike and Pike expo for the first time … Continue reading →
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Draft of SDOT’s Vision Zero review suggests internal reorganizing and more funding, but it feels small compared to our traffic violence emergency
by
Tom Fucoloro
on (#699MB)
On his first day on the job, SDOT Director Greg Spotts pledged a “top-to-bottom review” of the department’s Vision Zero program to figure out why traffic injuries and deaths are increasing, especially for people walking and rolling. He assigned employees … Continue reading →
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Alert 2/25-26: The 520 Trail will be closed (along with the rest of the bridge)
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Tom Fucoloro
on (#695P3)
SR-520 will be closed this weekend as crews install girders for the future walking and biking bridge that will cross the freeway heading toward the Arboretum, among other work. The cross-lake trail will be closed along with the rest of … Continue reading →
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Construction to build major bike improvements brings many months of tough detours on Pike and Pine
by
Tom Fucoloro
on (#69447)
Crews building improved bike lanes on Pike and Pike Streets downtown will close existing stretches of bike lanes for months at a time. So while both bike lanes were already incomplete, biking there will get worse before it gets better. … Continue reading →
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Watch: Why cars rarely crash into buildings in the Netherlands
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Tom Fucoloro
on (#692R1)
With all the discussion recently about how people crash a car or truck into a Seattle building about twice a week, a commenter reminded me of a Not Just Bikes video from a couple years ago about why this rarely … Continue reading →
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I’m giving my first talk about my book Thursday (free, online) + Release delayed until August
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Tom Fucoloro
on (#691TG)
Well, I have good news and bad news. The bad news is that publication of my book Biking Uphill in the Rain: The Story of Seattle from behind the Handlebars has been pushed back to August due to delays in … Continue reading →
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Stone Way bike detour not yet in place
by
Tom Fucoloro
on (#690B9)
Seattle Public Utilities’ planned work zone bike path on Stone Way did not work out as they intended, the agency announced this week. While sidewalks remain open through the construction area between N 34th and 35th Streets, equipment has blocked … Continue reading →
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People crash cars and trucks into Seattle buildings twice a week on average
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Tom Fucoloro
on (#68XD0)
Make eye contact, wear bright clothes and only cross the street at designated locations. These are common instructions dictated to people trying to navigate our cities on foot in order to avoid getting hit by a car. What advice then … Continue reading →
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WA Bikes: Legislative updates ahead of a big Friday deadline
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Tom Fucoloro
on (#68VWB)
Policy bills must be voted out of a committee in either the Washington House or Senate by Friday in order to stay alive this legislative session. Washington Bikes is urging people to contact your legislators to ask them to advance … Continue reading →
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Some blog updates, including better web privacy
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Tom Fucoloro
on (#68V30)
Hey, everyone. Sort of an unusual post here, but I figured at least some of you might be interested. I have put significant time and energy into some updates to this old WordPress site focused on improving user privacy and … Continue reading →
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Watch: Bike blogger tries to fly a plane above Seattle (again)
by
Tom Fucoloro
on (#68RAV)
 I am trying it again. I noticed the other day that Microsoft Flight Simulator has updated much of the imagery for Seattle. So that seems like a great reason to take to the skies again and make another video … Continue reading →
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Saturday: Cascade’s annual Bike Swap will include e-bike demos
by
Tom Fucoloro
on (#68Q1Z)
Cascade Bicycle Club’s annual Seattle Bike Swap is always a wonderful place to dig through some bike part bins, discover something rare or find an affordable used bike. Tickets are $8 if you buy online before noon Friday or $10 … Continue reading →
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The Bikery is seeking new board members
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Tom Fucoloro
on (#68PW9)
The Bikery, a non-profit community bike shop and teaching organization based between Judkins Park and the International District, is seeking two new board members. If you believe in their mission and can commit 2–6 hours per month, this could be … Continue reading →
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Support an end to ‘jaywalking’ laws in Washington
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Tom Fucoloro
on (#68MJ8)
This is one part of a series about jaywalking laws in Seattle and Washington. See also: From the beginning, Seattle ‘jaywalker’ stings were used to arrest poor people and Seattle’s first jaywalking law in 1917 was part of the city’s … Continue reading →
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Seattle’s first jaywalking law in 1917 was part of the city’s class war
by
Tom Fucoloro
on (#68MJ9)
This is one part of a series about jaywalking laws in Seattle and Washington. See also: From the beginning, Seattle ‘jaywalker’ stings were used to arrest poor people and Support an end to ‘jaywalking’ laws in Washington. The day before … Continue reading →
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Thanks to years of delays, Seattle has 2 years to build 47 miles of voter-approved bike routes
by
Tom Fucoloro
on (#68KAJ)
Seattle voters overwhelmingly approved a taxing levy in 2015 with the stated goal of building 110 miles of new or upgraded protected bike lanes and neighborhood greenways across the city by the end of 2024. As of the start of … Continue reading →
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SDOT will make some safety improvements to 15th Ave S as they work on bike lane design
by
Tom Fucoloro
on (#68GVH)
After community feedback, SDOT will move to slow traffic speeds on 15th Ave S on Beacon Hill in the spring while the project moves through the design process. The department will install a series of speed cushions as well as … Continue reading →
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Vote YES on I-135 for social housing in Seattle
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Tom Fucoloro
on (#68FNP)
Social housing is not a panacea for Seattle’s ongoing housing affordability crisis. But it is one more tool the city can use to help alleviate ever-climbing rental prices. We need every possible solution we can get our hands on if … Continue reading →
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It’s official, the Duwamish Trail connection on W Marginal Way is here to stay
by
Tom Fucoloro
on (#68EGM)
As we reported earlier this month when the Spokane Street Bridge to West Seattle reopened, SDOT removed the temporary bike lanes they constructed on 1st Ave S in response to the closure but kept the Duwamish Trail connection on W … Continue reading →
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Sen. Cantwell: Seattle wins $25.7M grant for safe streets, mostly in SoDo
by
Tom Fucoloro
on (#68BY7)
Seattle will receive a $25,654,000 grant from the USDOT’s Safe Streets for All program, Senator Maria Cantwell announced. Under the city’s $30 million proposal (PDF), the bulk of the funds would have focused on SoDo and Rainier Valley with spot … Continue reading →
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Sign in now to show the WA Senate and House you support limiting turns on red
by
Tom Fucoloro
on (#68BX4)
Both the state Senate and House are holding hearings on what Washington Bikes is calling “#WrongOnRed,” an effort to ban turns on red near certain locations like schools, parks, hospitals, senior centers and other areas with lots of walking activity. … Continue reading →
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First Hill safe streets champion and TCC Director Alex Hudson is running for City Council District 3
by
Tom Fucoloro
on (#6895G)
It is officially the middle of declare your candidacy for City Council season, and I’m sure many more are on the way. Open seats tend to draw a lot more candidates than races with an incumbent, and Districts 1, 3, … Continue reading →
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Friday: Critical Mass will ride to Dexter/Thomas to hold a vigil for Jaahnavi Kandula + Defunded safety project had been more than a decade in the making
by
Tom Fucoloro
on (#6886M)
Jaahnavi Kandula—a 23-year-old student from Adoni in the Andhra Pradesh state in India who was studying at the South Lake Union campus of Northeastern University—was walking across Dexter at Thomas Street in a marked crosswalk when a police officer driving … Continue reading →
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Seattle Transportation Plan open houses will discuss the next decade of bicycle infrastructure
by
Tom Fucoloro
on (#687X6)
After extensive public outreach throughout 2022, the Seattle Transportation Plan is moving to the next phase as the team attempts to create a single map and plan that represents the city’s vision for the next decade or so of transportation … Continue reading →
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Friday: True Loves play free show to celebrate cycling, climate action + Bike Works fundraiser tickets on sale
by
Tom Fucoloro
on (#686K9)
 Seattle’s fantastic True Loves are playing a free all-ages show 6 p.m. Friday at The Royal Room in Columbia City to “celebrate our community of cyclists, activists, and other environmentally-conscious supporters and friends who work to curb the affects … Continue reading →
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WA bill would ban right turns on red near schools, parks and other highly-walked areas
by
Tom Fucoloro
on (#68486)
Turns on red would be banned within 1,000 feet of certain places, such as schools, parks, hospitals, senior centers and other public facilities if Senate Bill 5514 passes during the 2023 State Legislative session. The bill—sponsored by Senators John Lovick, … Continue reading →
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Councilmember Sawant expanded what is possible in Seattle
by
Tom Fucoloro
on (#681NP)
Kshama Sawant, the City of Seattle’s most tenured elected official, will not run for reelection after a decade in office. Seattle Bike Blog has endorsed Sawant consistently since she pulled a remarkable upset to unseat Richard Conlin during the 2013 … Continue reading →
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State Routes lead Washington’s horrible increase in deaths of people walking, biking or rolling
by
Tom Fucoloro
on (#680G2)
The Washington Traffic Safety Commission has put together a new dashboard breaking down the conditions surrounding traffic deaths of people walking, biking or rolling. The data covers ten years from 2012 through 2021 (2022 data is not yet finalized), and … Continue reading →
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King County’s interim Green to Cedar Rivers Trail will include rail bridge between Maple Valley and Black Diamond + Survey
by
Tom Fucoloro
on (#67Z46)
King County Parks is working through design for building and improving an interim trail connecting the Black Diamond Open Space to SE Kent-Kangley Road in Maple Valley, and they are seeking feedback via a short online survey. Responses are due … Continue reading →
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I have angered the bike gods
by
Tom Fucoloro
on (#67XTF)
Yesterday, a flat tire deflated our plans. Then this morning, the chain broke on the way to preschool drop-off. I have clearly angered the bike gods, and must repent. Oh, great Velocideity, your judgment is fair and righteous! Forgive me … Continue reading →
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2023 MLK Jr Day Rally and March details
by
Tom Fucoloro
on (#67WHG)
The Seattle Martin Luther King Jr. Organizing Coalition will host its 40th annual Martin Luther King, Jr., event today. The rally starts at 11 a.m. in the Garfield High School Gym, and the march begins at 12:30 p.m. in front … Continue reading →
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SDOT is reopening the Spokane Street Bridge, will remove 1st Ave bike lanes Saturday
by
Tom Fucoloro
on (#67T50)
After three weeks stuck in its waterway-priority position, the Spokane Street Swing Bridge to West Seattle will be usable again this afternoon. SDOT noted in an announcement that it should be fully open by 2 p.m. today (Friday). This is … Continue reading →
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SDOT’s new gravel pits under the Ballard Bridge baffle riders, more changes coming ‘in 2023’
by
Tom Fucoloro
on (#67RW3)
SDOT completed work on an “interim” redesign of the problematic track crossing under the Ballard Bridge for people attempting to bike the Missing Link of the Burke-Gilman Trail, but the new gravel pits sporadically placed in the area seems to … Continue reading →
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SPU plans temporary bikeway during Stone Way overflow pipe construction starting late January
by
Tom Fucoloro
on (#67QP3)
Seattle’s least-discussed megaproject is coming to Stone Way in Fremont/Wallingford, but crews have plans to maintain space for biking and walking. Seattle Public Utilities’ Ship Canal Water Quality Project is estimated to total $570 million, a cost that could still … Continue reading →
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